Jamaica gunmen kill 11-year-old girl

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica  – An eleven year old girl was shot and killed and two women injured when gunmen invaded a community in West Kingston late Thursday.

Tashanique James, 11, died after she was shot in the back of the head.

According to police reports, shortly after 6:00pm, gunmen attacked a group of people standing on Bread Lane in the community of Denham Town.

Tashanique and the two women were shot as they tried to flee after the thugs began to fire indiscriminately. The women were treated and released while the girl died while undergoing treatment at hospital.